The country's first listed infrastructure fund, HICL, is understood to be mulling a tilt for a portfolio of socially driven projects.

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Rugby league faces a major shake-up ahead of the 2015 season

Promotion set to return in Super League revamp

Two leagues may be split into three in mid-season in RFL restructuring proposals

FRC looks at KPMG status

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has announced it is looking at whether KPMG was independent when it audited Pendragon's financial statements for 2010 and 2011.

KPMG partner accused of selling information charged after FBI sting

Prosecutors in California have filed criminal charges against the former KPMG partner who was fired last week amid allegations of leaking confidential information about companies he audited.

James Moore: Were auditors carried away by the crazy optimism of bankers?

Outlook The accountancy firms responsible for the audits of this country's failed banks have yet to be hit by any serious aftershocks from the earthquake of the financial crisis. That might be changing, and not before time, because the issue represents the dog that hasn't barked.

Partner at KPMG linked to insider trading in US

KPMG has resigned as auditor ofthe US health care group Herbalife after one of its senior partners became embroiled in an insider trading scandal.

UK fashion stores feel the chill during a harsh winter

The harsh winter which saw snow fall in April led to a sales slump at fashion stores. The unseasonably near-Arctic weather hit the footwear sector hardest, according to the latest Retail Sales Monitor published today by the British Retail Consortium (BRT) and KPMG.

UK fashion stores feel the chill during a harsh winter

The harsh winter which saw snow fall in April led to a sales slump at fashion stores. The unseasonably near-Arctic weather hit the footwear sector hardest, according to the latest Retail Sales Monitor published today by the British Retail Consortium (BRT) and KPMG.

Metalrax sale saves 387 jobs

Almost 400 jobs have been saved after Metalrax, the Midlands-based maker of bakeware and kitchen accessories, was sold out of administration to the engineering group Bowman Birmingham.

Sigh of relief on the high street as trading levels climb to highest for three years

Trading on the high street bounced back strongly last month to its highest level for more than three years, giving retailers a much-needed fillip.

Big Four accountants 'in closed club on audits'

The Competition Commission has found that the audit market has "systemic" issues that have led to a closed club of the Big Four accountants dominating the sector.

KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers hit back as probe attacks audit ‘closed club’

The Competition Commission has found that the audit market has “systemic” issues that have led to a closed club of the Big Four accountants dominating the sector.

Top accountancy firms accused of exploiting tax laws they helped to draft

Britain’s largest accountancy firms help the Treasury draft financial legislation which they then use to help their clients evade tax, it was revealed today.

Public sector services must be effective first, efficient second

They may sound similar, but there's a great deal of difference between these two terms, and our Government is heading on a dangerous trajectory towards the latter

MF Global deal frees funds due to creditors in UK

Thousands of clients at the failed broker MF Global could finally get their money back after administrators settled a long-running legal dispute.

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